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I planted a very vigorous white rose two years ago and, frustratingly, have lost the name. It is a thornless climber and flowers very early, in May. It is not repeat flowering. It dores not lose its leaves in winter. I believe it was bred

plot, the cabbage white caterpillars have joined in. A number of my calabrese plants are barely alive, having been stripped down to the leaf ribs; they're crawling with the (admittedly rather pretty) yellow and black stripy caterpillars of the large

noticed is that amongst the blue is the odd clump of white and pink 'blue'bells.   Is this a normal variation? I did'nt notice them this time last year, but as we'ed only just moved in, I didn't have my 'Garden' head on! Sorry, but that means they have

Hello, I'm a novice container gardener with a 30cm diameter pot of (thriving!) moroccan peppermint on my patio, however, I've noticed recently that some of the leaves are white (or very very pale yellow) and some of the green leaves have small

I have a beautifull white poplar close to my kitchen garden. The tree sends out a lot of runner roots in my kitchen garden. Shoots pop up everywhere (in the greenhouse, in my raised beds, from under the pavement. When I cut them off they grow back

In my greenhouse my two recently planted Dahlia Arabian Knight tubers are just poking through the compost in their pots, but they have both developed a white substance on the shoots. They dont look like eggs but seeing as I have lots of other

If you are vigilant you can spot the clusters of yellow eggs on the leaves; squashing them is more humane and less messy! I have to cast doubt on your method, the cabbage whites are foul tasting to birds both as caterpillars and butterflies

The caterpillars of both the small and large cabbage white butterflies are are the two culprits. The first is pale green with a body up to 2.5cm long, the second is bigger at 4cm and is yellow with black markings. The adult butterflies lay eggs

Hi I have planted peas in a large pot with canes and they are growing really well but have noticed white bloches/spots on the leaves.....can anybody help by telling me what it is and what I can do about it. thanks If you've had any hailstorms

be useful Over the years I've tried everything to keep the cabbage white off my Brassicas without success. So I've given up with brassicas and concentrate on more rewarding crops like potatoes, broad beans, runner beans, onoins, garlic, peas, sweet corn